A Critical Historical Analysis of the Impact of the Prussian Education System on the U.S. Education System. Cover Image

Kritická historická analýza vplyvu pruského vzdelávacieho systému na americký vzdelávací systém.
A Critical Historical Analysis of the Impact of the Prussian Education System on the U.S. Education System.

Author(s): Silvia Malatinská
Subject(s): Education, History of Education, 19th Century
Published by: Slovenská pedagogická spoločnosť pri SAV
Keywords: Prussian educational system; American educational system; implementation; educational borrowing;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper we highlight the impact of the Prussian education system on the American education system. It turns out that the current efforts to eliminate bipolarity between continental European type of education and the Anglo - American type of education were present much earlier. This work provides an interesting historical nexus between the education systems of Prussia and the American education system. In the analysis, we discuss the emergence of the Prussian education system and the description of this system. Furthermore, we focus on the report of the French philosopher Victor Cousin and its huge impact. Subsequently, we provided insight into the history of American public schools and introduce Horace Mann as founding person. We will show the changes that have occurred in America after the implementation of the Prussian education system. At the end of this critical analysis we find statements showing the true intentions of the implementation of the Prussian education system in the emerging American education system.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 122-136
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak